Computer Forensics and Cyber Attacks

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Author(s): Michele Perilli (University of Foggia, Italy), Michelangelo De Bonis (University of Foggia, Italy)and Crescenzio Gallo (University of Foggia, Italy)
Copyright: 2021
Pages: 19
Source title: Handbook of Research on Cyber Crime and Information Privacy
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha (Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave, Portugal)and Nuno Mateus-Coelho (Lusófona University, Portugal)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-5728-0.ch008

Keywords: Cyber and Network Security / Information Science Reference / Information Security & Privacy / Security & Forensics

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During investigative activities in the field of contrasting tax evasion and fraud, it is known that law enforcement agencies are increasingly encountering digital documents, which are slowly replacing the paper ones. The chapter has the purpose to explain as data, extracted from an electronic device, turns into evidence in court. The authors describe how hidden data (metadata) can become forensic evidence. In particular, the chapter examines the metadata contained in digital photos, which conceal a mass of data whose existence is not normally suspected. The second part of the chapter consists of miscellaneous cyber-attack descriptions in which computer forensics can be applied. It is finally described how one can protect systems against a cyber-attacks.

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